| Show exciting and the past week in this city and pie pic vicinity anity has I 1 bem f fruitful r in events event a and several interesting circumstances have transpired and some bloody scenes sc enes have been performed I 1 aud tod that will nt uit soon be forgotten 0 by those who witnessed them neither by the ge general and they will ulues t be ion lon iong long remembered by those more I 1 effected by and interested in th which have produced more myre ex c ci ement than had haq been been seen for many months before in this quiet city in our last weeks i i sue mention was made mide of the arrest of wood reynolds isaac nei baar and jason john M and wilford luce accuse do h iving hiving committed committe dan an ass asb assault atilt ui on john W dawson and that an investigation 0 be the matter of which they were accuse accused dl was expected to be commenced on the after roon of wednesday at the court house housew there was some delay caused by the absence 1 f om am tho the cl ci y of tuo two cr three important wit but late in the afternoon on the le he investigation atlon was commenced and two or three witnesses were examined that evening at the same time the warrants we e issued f ajr jr the arrest of the above named individuals writs were placed iia in the hands of the sheriff for the arrest of lot huntie huntington agton and moroni bloton clawson alle alie allayed ed confederates in the com commission of the dis disgraceful 0 braceful act to which aIu alu soa son has been made but notwithstanding the diligence of sheriff B arton and his deputies ties several of whom were on the alert they could not bs bo foual meantime the police were watching the movements of certain individuals upon whom thom suspicion reseed created as aa baving having been concerned in stealing 0 the eight hundred dollars in money from at townsends Town sends senda on the instant and ana andson of them bad become fully convinced that lot hun lington lri t ton and john P smith J it 1 not principal prin cipas in ia the act as they believed were accessories to that nefarious dred deed ace accordingly or 12 on the affidavit of one of the policemen who had been very active in his endeavors to find the money mone yand and the villainous takers thereof a writ was issued by the probate judge of the county for the arrest of the said sald lot huntington and john P smith which was placed in the hands of the sheriff for service on the but smith as well as huntington was I 1 not to be found although 0 he was been seen at the court houe hou llou e af er the arrest of 0 the five individuals davi divi duals on that day cay and but a a short time it fore the warrant was issued it was subsequently ascertain el that hunt n agton C ton and bind smith left the city on the evening of the soon after affer af er dark riding each a mule passing over even the lower jordan brad bradge e then thell tak ng the road southward d byway by way of Tayl oriville and joran lordan mills ullis and that at the latter place they stole a fine mare belonging ionin lonin ion lon in to john bennion who was vas at the mi mills Is that eveling eveking r and had hal left his animal valued at two hundred dollars hitched to a post at ill ili bishop shop gardeners gardners Gard ners door where the fleeing thieves found and converted her to their use by taking her away the theft was soon discovered and the next mornin morning on finding the trai tra I of the villains four men including mr Benn ions son started in pursuit following them by the wel known tracks of the mare to drapery lie ile and from thence to fort eort crittenden at draperville Drap erville huntington and smith were joined by clawson and at the hot spring brewery ther their pursuers were joined by 0 P rockwell one of sherle sherie bur tons deputies who assumed the leadership of the party and under whose direction the pursuit 1 wasco wab was co linued to fort crittenden where rockwell and his bis parts party arrived on wednesday evening at fort crittenden Crit rockwell and his bis p me isse were informed hat the in livi duals they were in pursuit of bad had pissed passed there that morning and were probably at faults fausta station in rush valley vailey some twenty two miles west of that place on the california mail mall route mr hir dodding do one of or the principal agents 0 of the ola oda overland i 1 nd mall mail company rendered efficient aid ald in 1 the premises and furnished rockwell and his p posse osse with whatever they thes needed for the accomplishment of their object the arrest of the f fugitives stives and dispatched an extra alach to conye convey y them wem to 0 o faults sti station tion where they arrived before daylight day dav light on thurs day mornin gand ascertained that hunting ton smith and clawson were there as anti ci As soon boon as the they y were out which was quite early Roa roc rockwell kivell pro proceeded ceedee to make ute uie arru arrutti tsi tai ant ani in ia so ao doing attempting D 0 to fo escape w was is shot by one of the party and gilld and thereupon the other two who were before somewhat dilatory in conc cone a wheler they would or would not betaken betoken be taken suddenly sud bud deny resolved that they would surrender and were after being disarmed placa on board the stage with bunin Huning tons tona body a and d brought bro ight back to fort crittenden and from thence to this city where rockwell i and his pr at about five 1 on friday morning from tuesday evenin evening 7 till thursday in the forenoon the officers in the city were endeavoring to ascertain which way the thieves had 1 fled without making any Leatis satisfactory factory discoveries but as soon as 03 it was reported that a horse had been at gardner s mills on i tuesday evening Z deputy cunningham tele telegraphed a graphed to mr gooding at fort critten I 1 ton inquiring if the refugees refugee who ho were well known there had been seen passing that point and shortly after mr purple the agent of I 1 the overland mail nial company in this city received the following in answer FORT crittenden jan the parties passed here yesterday morning with a horse stolen from jordn jord n river was at faults when s sae bae ap e passed last evening i porter rockwell and four others lett left here atone at one this morning in pursuit expect to bear from them every minute I 1 run them out in an extra stage if anything 19 should happen to porter and party tell the tha sheriff to have his bis men inen in readiness and we will let them know and you m mell meil ell eli run rum them out in the stae stage fast GOODING in less than an hour the following telegram came ame over the wires announcing the return of rockwell and party with the prisoners to that ilace tiace FORT foet crittenden crittende porter and party hae have just returned with clawson and smith huntington in a tem tempting pa to escape was killel the pirty will leave for the city in about half an hour bour the stay of rockwell and his party at fort crittenden on their return was short and as soon as t they hey started mr go goading din sent bent the following a porter has hag just left with the three prisoners two living and one dead has four men with him besides our driver 2 on the arrival of the stage at townsends Town sends hotel in this city at about five on friday morning being very cold and much fatigued rockwell delivered the prisoners dri to three or four policemen who were at hand V to take to the county prison the jailer in anticipation ot their arrival being on hand band to receive them the police policemen meu men on taking the prisoners bonera in charge started with them instanter i for the jail jai but before they had proceeded I 1 far the prisoners supposing probably pro baby that the PO policemen I 1 icemen icamen w were ere unarmed started to run and were shot at and both killed before getting far away the returns made on the writs that had been issued for ahe the arrest of the three individuals I 1 two of whom huntington and clawson were known desperadoes were in avoidance with the facts as appeared from the testimony that was adjured on the invests investigation 0 atlon that was had in relation to the occurrences the thanks of the ibe community are moat certainly due mr rockwell and those who were with him and ass ast assisted isted in making the arrests ar rests reste and also to the agents of the overland mail mali I 1 company who rendered such efficient aid in the pursuit capture and return of the felons nor should the policemen on duty who by their vigilance and celerity prevented the esc escare ese care cafe of the two on the way from the stage office to the county jail soon be forgotten I we are no advocate of extreme measures measure i when they can ie be avoided but unless laws ar are i honored and enforced life and property in a I 1 country like this are held by a very uncertain tenure I 1 I 1 on friday afternoon the examination of Ne iSaur Rey reynolds and the loees was waa resumed I 1 and clos edthe result of which was that isaac isaic nelba ur and J jhn hn dl aluce luce were each held to ball bail in the sum of five hundred dolas and jason luce wilford luce and reynolds j in the sum bum of cne thousand dollars each for their appearance app earence at the next term of court to answer further in the premises pren mes in in default of which jason and dilord luce are yet et in prison and will remain there till some of their friends having haying the money to spare s shall shail b all ali come forward anil anti sign the required bail bonds in justice to reynolds Reynold swe swa fe deem it burright but ut night hight to state that lie he has hag heretofore trl tri stained a good moral chara cherra rid has not associated with the pan gan of desperado desperadoes ei who were at mountain Mou nain dell on the night of the ais ul uie but be I 1 ia not the first inan enan who fell among |
